Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2026-1814Rapid7 Nexpose Insecure Java Keystore Password Generation

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in InsightVM/Nexpose from Rapid7. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.4.50 and later are vulnerable to an insufficient entropy issue in the CredentialsKeyStorePassword.generateRandomPassword() method. When updating legacy keystore passwords, the application generates a new password with insufficient length (7-12 characters) and a static prefix 'p', resulting in a weak keyspace. An attacker with access to the nsc.ks file can brute-force this password using consumer-grade hardware to decrypt stored credentials.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rapid7	InsightVM/Nexpose	6.4.50 – before 8.36.0

Weakness: CWE-331 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://www.atredis.com/disclosure exploit, third-party-advisory